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A GERMAN BIBLICAL TAPESTRY

16TH CENTURY

Price realisedUSD 19,718

EstimateUSD 10,000 - USD 20,000

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A GERMAN BIBLICAL TAPESTRY
16TH CENTURY
Depicting 'The Baptism of Christ', with Christ standing in water and St. John the Baptist in a blue cloak beside him, with an angel behind Christ and an iscribed scroll above, below with a coat-of-arms with further inscribed scroll, the corners with the symbols for the Four Evangelists and within a foliate border, areas of re-weaving; within a later gothic-style oak frame
49 x 43 in. (124 x 110 cm.)
The inscription to the top reads 'hic ... filius me' and below the coat-of-arms 'dieux en esperansse'